South Africa

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.

Understanding South African social security through recent household surveys: New opportunities and continuing gapsDevelopment Southern Africa

The aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer...

Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis

Adverse incorporation and agrarian policy in South Africa: Or, how not to connect the rural poor to growth

(Paper presented at the Escaping Poverty Traps: Connecting the Chronically Poor to Economic Growth Conference, Washington, D.C., 26-27 February,...

Extending health and safety protection to informal workers: an analysis of small scale mining in KwaZulu-Natal

School of Development Studies Research Report 76

Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...